| 单词 | stick one's neck out |
| 释义 | stick one's neck outSEE SYNONYMS FOR stick one's neck out ON THESAURUS.COM Make oneself vulnerable, take a risk, as in I'm going to stick my neck out and ask for a raise. This expression probably alludes to a chicken extending its neck before being slaughtered. [Colloquial; early 1900s] Words nearby stick one's neck outstickler, Stickler syndrome, Stickley, stickman, stick-on, stick one's neck out, stickout, stickpin, stickseed, stick shift, Stick Style The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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